Mobil - Walsall Road Service Station, Hamstead, Birmingham, West Midlands late 1960's
This is a nice period photo with much to appreciate. The Mobil logo here is sort of in a hybrid stage from the previous one which was that shape but incorporated a pegasus logo in the point underneath and the one that eventually took over was a rectangular sign with the point removed but otherwise as it appears here. The building is an excellent example of this period of US style service station architecture and we see a moped rider with pillion passenger, an early Ford Escort, and Co-op and Dunlop signs of the era. It’s clearly a winter scene! There's every chance that this garage still exists in the present day and is here - based largely on the one remaining Poplar tree having grown a bit bigger and is in almost exactly the right spot compared to this photo - and it is on what is now called the Old Walsall Road.. www.google.com/maps/@52.5302439,-1.9288083,3a,75y,100.61h...
Mobil - Walsall Road Service Station, Hamstead, Birmingham, West Midlands late 1960's
This is a nice period photo with much to appreciate. The Mobil logo here is sort of in a hybrid stage from the previous one which was that shape but incorporated a pegasus logo in the point underneath and the one that eventually took over was a rectangular sign with the point removed but otherwise as it appears here. The building is an excellent example of this period of US style service station architecture and we see a moped rider with pillion passenger, an early Ford Escort, and Co-op and Dunlop signs of the era. It’s clearly a winter scene! There's every chance that this garage still exists in the present day and is here - based largely on the one remaining Poplar tree having grown a bit bigger and is in almost exactly the right spot compared to this photo - and it is on what is now called the Old Walsall Road.. www.google.com/maps/@52.5302439,-1.9288083,3a,75y,100.61h...